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Shannon's "Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse Stories: A Reading List"

Novels about the end of it all and then what happens next.

Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction and series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only.

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2. Alas, Babylon (Perennial Classics)
by Pat Frank
  
3. Always Coming Home (California Fiction)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
  
4. Amnesia Moon
by Jonathan Lethem
  
7. Bar None
by Tim Lebbon
  
11. A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
  
12. Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
  
13. Cell: A Novel
by Stephen King
  
14.
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 The Children's Hospital
by Chris Adrian
  
15. The Children of Men
by P.D. James
  
16. Childhood's End (Del Rey Impact)
by Arthur C. Clarke
  
21. Cloud Atlas: A Novel
by David Mitchell
  
27. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (King, Stephen)
by Stephen King
  
29. The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries)
by John Wyndham
  
34. The Disappearance (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
by Philip Wylie
  
36. Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
  
37. Down to a Sunless Sea
by David Graham
  
41. Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
  
47. The Fifth Sacred Thing
by Starhawk
  
50. Footfall
by Larry Niven
  
56. The Genocides
by Thomas M. Disch
  
60.
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 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
  
62. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
by Stephen King
  
63. The Hab Theory
by Allan W. Eckert
  
64. The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
  
68. I Am Legend (ties into movie)
by Richard Matheson
  
73. Just a Couple of Days
by Tony Vigorito
  
77. The Lathe of Heaven: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
  
78. Level 7 (Library of American Fiction)
by Mordecai Roshwald
  
80. Lilith's Brood
by Octavia E. Butler
  
82. Lord of the World
by Robert Hugh Benson
  
83. Love in the Ruins
by Walker Percy
  
84. Lucifer's Hammer
by Larry Niven
  
85. Mara and Dann: An Adventure
by Doris Lessing
  
86. The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
by Roger, Williams
  
88. The Mist
by Stephen King
  
91.
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 The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide
by Douglas Adams
  
92. The Mote in God's Eye
by Larry Niven
  
96.
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 On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
  
97. Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
  
101. A Planet for the President: The Political Satire to End All Political Satrires
by Alistair Beaton
  
103. The Postman (Bantam Classics)
by David Brin
  
105. The Purple Cloud (Dodo Press)
by M. P. Shiel
  
108. Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
  
110. Ringworld
by Larry Niven
  
112. The Road (rough cut)
by Cormac Mccarthy
  
118. The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
  
121.
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 The Stand
by Stephen King
  
123. Swan Song
by Robert McCammon
  
130. Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang: A Novel
by Kate Wilhelm
  
132. Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)
by Stephen King
  
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Created by Shannon on Jul 01, 2008.